Synopses & Reviews
January 1888. Vera Arti carries in Armenian through Istanbul's streets, unaware of the men following her. When the police discover a shipload of guns and the Imperial Ottoman Bank is blown up, suspicion falls on a socialist commune Arti's friends organized in the eastern mountains. Special Prosecutor Kamil Pasha is called in to investigate. He soon encounters his most ruthless adversary to date: Vahid, head of a special branch of the secret police, who has convinced the sultan that the commune is leading a secessionist movement and should be destroyed--along with surrounding villages. Kamil must stop the massacre, but he finds himself on the wrong side of the law, framed for murder and accused of treason, his family and the woman he loves threatened. Exploring the dark obsessions of the most powerful and dangerous men of the dying Ottoman Empire, also reflects the mad idealism of those turbulent times.
Review
"[A] gripping third thriller... will appeal to fans of Laura Joh Rowland's Japanese historical series.... the atmospherics and period detail are first-rate." Publishers Weekly
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"Starred Review. White's best book to date." Booklist
Synopsis
Exploring the dark obsessions of the most powerful and dangerous men of the dying Ottoman Empire, "The Winter Thief" also reflects the mad idealism of those turbulent times.
Synopsis
A bank robbery and illegal weapons lead Kamil Pasha to uncover a plan to massacre an entire valley.
About the Author
Jenny White is the author of the Kamil Pasha series: The Sultan's Sea (a finalist for the Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award), The Abyssinian Proof and The Winter Thief. She is a professor of anthropology at Boston University, specializing in Turkey.